HISB61H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Strip Farming, Field System
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Everything was done by hand, no mechanization. Barns: harvesting was done from july to november. Oven: many societies don"t have ovens at all. The villages had ovens, where bakers can make bread or homeowners. The manor is larger than the village. Last name were not common until this era. More money in the community meant a bigger church. Churches were save communities, had roofs over their head. Churches and mecca houses were closer to each other. Was important that the priest and the church maintained its power. The church becomes a physical property of the manor . Meadowland is more valuable cuz u cant feed ur animals without meadowland. Introduction of the 3 field system: maintain 2 with crops,. Allowed more food to be produced, however it only allows a growth in population. Common pasture: you take a field, harvest the crop, and then let the animals come. Theres a democratic principle in the division of the land.
